Framework and Guidelines for "My story"

Please complete this template which aims to capture aspects of your work*. You do not have to complete all the sections. Just the ones you feel comfortable with**.

*By "work" we mean the volunteering services you provide to migrants and refugees in the clinics, camps, hospitals, assessment centres, detention centresetc, whether these services are on arrival, temporary stay or resettlement stages in the refugee’s/migrant’s journey. Please highlight the elements of your work which focusses on emotional/psychological support. Your story may also be about your personal trauma which is the result of your work. Please highlight the strategies you adopted or the help you received in order to cope with your emotional trauma.

**Please note that your story may appear on the www.ienerefugeehub.eu. It will be anonymous and none of the information on this website will identify you. We retain the right to remove any information that may be offensive, and to make minor edits to the text.

Title of my story(We would like you to give a short title to your story)

My place of work(Enter the country you work now)

My story happened on(Enter the month/year that your story took place)

The main service I provided during this story was(Enter the type of service you provided. You may press and hold CTRL key to select multiple choices at once)

My story(Provide as much or as little detail as you wish. Please focus your story on the emotional aspects, events and challenges. Your story will help you to reflect on your work which you may find therapeutic. It is also going to help other volunteers reading this to deal with their emotional trauma and distress)

The most difficult event I faced whilst doing my work(You may press and hold CTRL key to select multiple choices at once)

This event affect me(You may press and hold CTRL key to select multiple choices at once)

I still suffer from emotional trauma

To deal with this now

I find helpful the emotional help/support(You may press and hold CTRL key to select multiple choices at once)

If you wish to consider access tools and ideas on how to gain support for your needs, please, click here

We thank you for spending time to complete this form and share your story with us

Erasmus+

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

Erasmus+

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.